Xtort

Xtort
On a dark background, the word KMFDM in white capital letters at the top, and XTORT in capital yellow letters at the bottom. In the center is an image of a man flying directly up and towards the viewer, with stylized explosions and a sunburst in the background. It is done in a woodcut style, with angular, blocky textures, and uses a simple pattern of blue, yellow, white and black.
Studio album by
KMFDM
Released25 June 1996 (1996-06-25)
Recorded1995–96
Studio
  • CRC (Chicago)
  • Hole in the Wall (Seattle)
Genre
Length48:46
LabelWax Trax!
Producer
KMFDM chronology
Nihil
(1995) 		Xtort
(1996) 		Symbols
(1997)

Xtort (stylized as XTOЯT) is the eighth studio album by German industrial band KMFDM, released on June 25, 1996, by Wax Trax! Records. It was recorded from the end of 1995 through early 1996, shortly after the death of Wax Trax! co-founder and band friend Jim Nash. Xtort features a variety of guest artists from the industrial music scene and studio musicians from other genres, but includes limited participation from core member En Esch.

The album was massively promoted by KMFDM's American label TVT Records, which pressed tens of thousands of copies of its lead single "Power". Frontman Sascha Konietzko created his own form of promotion, issuing a press release that both disparaged and lauded the coming set. Xtort was generally well-received by critics and is the band's highest-charting album to date. After the original release went out of print, a remastered version was released in 2007.